Necktie-holder.



' wwmm C. C. DRULEY NECKTIE HOLDER.

APPLICATlON FILED APR.1,1915.

1., 172,1 19, Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. c,

CHARLES C. DRULEY, OF MIDDLETOWN, INDIANA.

NECKTIE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, T91 5.

Application filed April 1, 1915. Serial No. 18, .22.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES C. DnULnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at ll liddletown, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Necktie-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a necktie supporter or holder for turn-over collars.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap and simple device which when applied will firmly engage a collar band and hold a tie in place permitting it to slide freely longitudinally and at the same time holding it above the lower edge of the collar to prevent it from being exposed.

With this and other'objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a perspective view partly broken away of a collar having this improved holder applied; 2 is a transverse section thereof taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the holders detached.

In the embodiment illustrated. the device is shown in connection with a collar A. comprising a standing portion B and a turneddown portion C.a together with a tie D.

The improved holder or tie support contemplated by the present invention comprises an upright member 1 preferably constructed of a still piece of wire either gold or silver plated, as may be desired, and having a longitudinally extending inwardly opening loop 2 carried by its lower end and ofiset laterally therefrom as shown at 3, the terminal of the free side member of said loop projecting beyond the ofiset 3 being bent inwardly as shown at 4 to form a collar gripping element.

Two of these supports are employed as shown in Fig. 1 being preferably arranged adjacent the ends of the collar the upright rod or member 1 being adapted to fit on the inside of the standing portion B, while the outer member of the loop 2 is engaged with the outer face of said standing portion, the edge of the standing portion being inserted in said loop and resting against the closed end thereof. The side members of the loop are spaced apart a distance corresponding to the thickness of the collar band or upstanding portion B as shown in Fig. 2 and when so applied, the inturned terminal at of the outer or free sioe member of the loop engages the outer face of the collar band and firmly grips it thereby securely holding the support in operative position on the collar and at the same time preventing any projections such as might cause discomfort to the wearer.

The upright member or rod 1, in combination with the inner portion of the loop 2. is of a length corresponding substantially to the width of the band or standing portion 13 of the collar, and when in operative position, this member is spaced from said band a suliicient distance to permit the tie D to be inserted and slipped freely longitudinally between said rod and the inner face of the band B with the lower edge of the tie engaging the offset 3, thereby holding the tie above the lower edge of the collar and preventing all possibility of its slipping down and becoming exposed when in use.

It will thus be seen that by the use of this device the tie is raised a short distance above the lower edge of the turned-down portion C of the collar. but at the same time, the tie is retained in the largest part of the inverted ll-shaped space between the standing and turned-down portions of the collar.

I claim as my invention:

A necktie holder comprising a single piece of stiff wire laterally ofi set adjacent one end, a part of the offset portion being bent back upon itself in substantially parallel spaced relation to form a longitudinally extending elongated loop spaced from the axis of the remaining portion of the wire and lying in a single plane therewith, and the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set terminal portlon of the free end of sand my hand 1n presence of two SllbSCIlblllg loop being dlsposed ad acent sald offset and wltnesses.

projecting inwardly at the inclination of CHARLES C. DRULEY. the same, whereby the loop is adapted to Witnesses:

be locked into engagement with the lower HOMER ESI-IELMAN,

edge of a collar. CALVIN L. SWAIN.

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